Note-book holder



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. R. B. TERRILL.

' NOTE BOOK HOLDER.

Patented July 16, 1895.

WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN B. TERRILL, OF NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT.

NOTE-BOOK HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 542,784, dated July 16,1895. Application filed January 11, 1895. Serial No. 534,566. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RE BEN B. TERRILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newtown, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNote-Book Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains ,to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in note-bookholders, and has for its object to provide a device of this. descriptionwhich shall be very simple and inexpensive. A further object of myinvention is to so construct the holder that it may be used as a coverfor the note-book, and may also be used as a rest upon which the book isheld when writing therein.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved holderwith a note-book thereon in position for transcribing; Fig. 2, aperspective view showing the holder and note-book in position forwriting therein; Fig. 3, a perspective view showing the holderas it isfolded when used as a cover for the book; Fig. 4:, a vertical sectionalelevation of the holder; Figs. 5 and 6, detail perspective views of thefastening devices for locking the parts of the holder in position fortranscribing, and Fig. 7 a detail perspective view of the wire bale usedfor securing the note-book upon the holder.

Similar numbers of reference denote like the board 1 of the holder bypassing a few of the last leaves of said book between the bale 6 and theface of the board 1, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings.

9 is a hollow clip secured to the back of the board 1, and 10 isacross-shaped opening in the face of said clip.

11 is a T-headed clip secured to the board 2, and said clip 11 isadapted to engage the clip 9 to lock the holder in the position shown atFigs. 1 and 4.

12 is a hand-rest formed on the lower end of the board 2, upon which thewriter may rest his fingers when inscribing the last few lines on a pageof the note-book.

- 13 is a ledge on the back of the board 1. The object of this ledge isto hold the board 1 in an inclined plane when the holder is folded inthe position for writing in the notebook, as shown in Fig. 2.

When not in use the holder may be folded as shown in Fig. '3, with the,note-book between the boards 1 2, thus forming a stout cover for thebook, and in this position the device is converted into a very compactparcel, which may be carried by the user without the slightestinconvenience.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a note-book holder, the combination of the boards 1, 2, the links3 which hinge said boards together, the bale 6 for holding the note-bookin position and the locking-clips 9, 11, substantially as set forth.

2. In a note-book holder, the combination of the boards 1, 2, the links3, the bale 6, and the hand-rest 12, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. In a note-book holder, the combination of the boards 1, 2, the links3, the bale 6, the hand-rest 12, and the ledge 13, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- REUBEN B. TERRILL.

Witnesses:

EDGAR F. HEADLEY, JOHN F. KEANE.

